Miss Institutes Initiates Pet Projects

Miss Institutes Beauty Pageant (MIBP) an initiative of Abbey Tnney Media & Entertainments Concepts (initiators) and Fanafillit Integrated Concepts (project developer & Managers) was borne out of the patriotic intent of complementing the Federal government’s effort of integrating the youths of the nation and promoting peaceful co-existence through various established youth integrating programmes like NYSC, NIPOGA games, NYEA e.tc.

MIBP has its objectives as follows:

1.    To discover beauties with brain that will serve as role models for the youth, especially the females and serve as ambassador of peace.

2.    To enhance the unity and social interactions amongst students of all tertiary institutions in the country irrespective of their ethnical, religious or social background.

3.    To enhance the national re-orientation drive of the Federal government towards unification and discouraging ethnicity;

4.    Create a brand ambassador for corporate organizations and establishments in the country, especially organizations whose products are targeted at the large youth population of the country.

The history making Grand finale of the maiden edition of Miss Institutes Beauty Pageant which held on the 16^th of September 2012 at Club Vegas, Ikeja Lagos, was graced by the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Ikuforiji Adeyemi, as the Special Guest of Honour, and Special Adviser to Lagos State Government on Education: Otunba Fatai Olukoga as Guest of Honour.

The winner of the pageantry which was purely a contest of intellectualism, high moral virtues and creativity is Miss Sylvia Ekwenibe thus she became the first title-bearer, Miss Institutes Nigeria 2012.

The PET PROJECT STAR which was designed and submitted to the management of Miss Institutes Beauty Pageant by Miss Sylvia Nkiru Ekwenibe (now Miss Institutes Nigeria 2012), served as part of the pre-requisite she met with as a contestant during the screening for the contest before her emergence as the winner of the contest. Hence, it became part of the official obligations of the crown-bearer of the pageant as her way of impacting positively on the general society.

The PET PROJECT is in line with the key responsibilities of the Queen as Miss Institutes Nigeria which includes “serving as an ambassador worthy of emulation for Nigerian youths, especially the females.”

The Project has FOUR cardinal operational dimensions namely,

1.    TrUHands: a youth empowerment conference and symposiums on leadership and vocational skills acquisition;

2.    Reboot: an environment Sustainability Sensitization initiative;

3.    Health for the Needy: an initiative aimed at addressing the health needs of some less privileged homes as well as the aged ones;

4.    Social Alert: an initiative designed to sensitize the general public on the dangers social networking and how to be security conscious.

In consideration of the magnitude of the project STAR with its high financial implication, and given the need to expedite work in order to prepare for the next edition of MIBP, we proposed to embark on the project in phases. Hence, the execution of the first phase of the project: Trust Ur Hands (TrUHands).

Project TrUHands in detail

The project TrUHands is a two-in-one concept designed for students of Nigerian tertiary Institutions from across the nation. The stages of the project are detailed as follows:

STAGE ONE

TrUHands unveiling/student’s leadership conference (Friday, 8^th of March 2013)

This is going to be a day conference for the leadership of all Nigerian tertiary institutions. It is planned to host all the Presidents or helmsmen of all Nigerian tertiary institutions to a day conference where they would taken through rich and qualitative motivational exposition on leadership in the hands of seasoned motivational speakers. They would also be taken through lectures on the roles of students/citizenship in nation’s economy building

The conference is also planned to serve as avenue to intimate the students’ leaderships on the project TrUHands, its aims and objectives.

At the end of the conference, each school representatives will be given two forms which they would give out to interested and ideal participants to fill and submit for the TrUHands symposium.

STAGE TWO

TrUHands Symposium (28^th of March to 31^st  of March 2013)

Stage two of TrUHands would hold two weeks after the unveiling. It is meant to be a four-day introductory symposium for students from all Nigerian tertiary institutes. The symposium is meant to serve as eye-opener for the participants and prepare their minds on how to be self-reliant while in school or after graduation. The projected number of participants is one hundred and fifty students.

Four major vocations are expected to be treated at the symposium. The vocations are: Bead-making, Interior decor, Footwear production, and Make-over/Headgear art. Experienced and successful professionals from each of the field vocations are proposed to be engaged as instructors.

The four-day symposium is designed to be in four different segments of lectures per day. The following is the projected time planning,

ITINEARY

Day 1:          Arrival and registration of participants

Day 2:          Introduction/ theoretical Lectures with demonstrations by instructors

Day 3:          Lectures with practical’s for participants

Day 4:          Lectures, Certification of participants and Varity night

TIME TABLE

DAY 2:	5.30am-7am Wake up call	7am – 8am Breakfast	8am – 11 am Lecture 1	11am – 2 pm Lecture 2	2pm – 3pm BREAK	3pm – 6pm Lecture 3	6pm – 8pm Lecture 4	8pm – 9pm DINNER	9.15pm LIGHT OUT
DAY 3:	5.30am-7am Wake up call	7am – 8am Breakfast	8am – 11 am Lecture 1	11am – 2 pm Lecture 2	2pm – 3pm BREAK	3pm – 6pm Lecture 3	6pm – 8pm Lecture 4	8pm – 9pm DINNER	9.15pm LIGHT OUT
DAY 4:	5.30am-7am Wake up call	7am – 8am Breakfast	8am – 10 am Lecture 1	10am – 12 noon Lecture 2	12noon – 1pm BREAK	1pm – 3pm Lecture 3	3pm – 5pm Lecture 4	5pm – 8.30pm CERTIF ICATION	8.30pm VARIETY NITE

At the final day which is day four (day 4), there is going to be certification of participants by specially invited persons in the government and corporate world as well as sponsors/co-sponsors of the project. Thereafter, there shall be variety night which will enable unwinding, socializing and association of participants amidst variety of entertainments by music and comedy acts.